Royal Mail To Trial Drones For Package Deliveries To UK Islands
3 minute read
UK mail delivery service Royal Mail is set to start flying packages over 70 miles to the Scilly Isles by drone. Once packages arrive at the islands, they will be divided up before smaller drones will deliver them to their relevant destination.
Royal Mail is trialing drones for deliveries to islands. Photo: Chris Gorman – Royal Mail.
The idea of package deliveries via drone is nothing new. For a long time, package giant Amazon has been openly interested in the technology. In late August 2020, Simple Flying reported that Amazon had even received clearance from the FAA to begin drone trials. Now it seems as though the boxed goods giant has some competition from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
Next is another look at Coventry Airport (EGBE) in the UK by MT Scenery Design. Apparently, I’m not the only one having fun exploring scenery with the new free drivable car.
Last, but not least, we get a development update by IndiaFoxtEcho with new images of its F-35 Lightning II, M-346, and Sukhoi 31 aircraft.
“We have many exciting aircraft in the works, but the next releases will be the F-35 and the M-346. We have also decided to promote the SU-31 to a full project due to the very positive feedback we have received.
F-35 LIGHTNING II – The F-35A external model is finished and we are working on the F-35B and F-35C. The external models have been refactored in some areas, all textures have been redone from scratch for MSFS and the main outer textures have been remastered at 8K.